Monday, January 24

Jane Austen Has Visited Brideshead

Reading Brideshead Revisted, who did I find? Miss Austen, of course! In chapter two, third volume, the character Anthony Blanche gives examples of what is more English above all to the protagonist,
Charles Ryder:

“The next thing I saw was your very handsome volume – “Village and Provincial Architecture”, was is it called? Quite a tome, my dear, and what did I find? Charm again. “Not quite my cup of tea,” I thought; “this is too English.” I have the fancy for rather spicy things, you know, not for the shade of the cedar tree, the cucumber sandwich, the silver cream-jug, the English girl dressed whatever English girls do wear for tennis – not that, not Jane Austen, not M-m-miss M-m-mitford.

Phoebe Nicholls as Cordelia Flyte, Brideshead Revisited, 1981

Brideshead Revisited, is a wonderful book by Evelyn Waugh, and if you have the opportunity watch the 1981 series with Jeremy Irons in the role of Charles Ryder, Anthony Andrews as Sebastian Flyte, and Laurence Olivier (Mr. Darcy, 1940) as Lord Marchmain, you have watched an unforgettable mini-series. In the role of lovely Cordelia Flyte is the actress Phoebe Nicholls, playing the role of lovely Cordelia Flyte. More than a decade later, she portrayed Elizabeth Elliot in Persuasion (1995).

Rather funny that the character of Cordelia Flyte in the recent 2008 Emma Thompson version of Brideshead Revisited was acted by Felicity Jones, who was of course, Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey 2007. Another connection!

Love your post. Anthony B-b-b-blanche needs Lionel Logue! I should reread this as I really enjoyed the book and I have been to Castle Howard since I read it the first time.

Persuasion, an annotated edition, edited by Robert Morrison: A Review

Jane Austen Still Present in Society

Elizabeth Langland, literature scholar at Arizona State University, discussed Jane Austen's relevance today in a lecture she gave last year. Click on image to read excerpts of her speech.

Jane Austen's Crime

Podcast with Susannah Fullerton from JASA

Poll: What did you think of Kate Middleton's wedding dress?

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In honor of the royal wedding: Princess Charlotte's wedding dress, 1816

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The Obituary of Charlotte Collins by Andrew Capes

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History of London: Wattle and Daub

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A silhouette of "Caky" for sale: Nanny to Edward Austen Knight's children

Find out more about this auction item by clicking on the image. Jane Austen most likely knew Caky. Jane Austen most likely knew Caky.

Interview with Susannah Fullerton, President of the Jane Austen Society of Australia

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